Our Enemies in Blue: Police and Power in America | 
As John Krieg says in this eye opening piece: “The motto, “To protect and serve,” is disingenuous at best and untrue at worst when the people they always strive to protect and serve the most are themselves.”
http://www.athinsliceofanxiety.com/2021/03/americas-superior-society-police.html...
pickThis review will continue in comments! Litsy just doesn't give me enough room to voice my opinions! Wow every American should read this book. It starts with a detailed history of how police departments started; methods borrowed by the British, how it operated in the colonies, how it developed into slave catching and revolt stifling, and slowly shifted into what we know it to be today. It documents history repeating itself.
Though individually they receive just a meager portion of capitalism's benefits, the police represent both the interests and the power of the ruling class. Like managers, police control those who do the work and they actively maintain the conditions that allow for profitable exploitation. The police thus occupy a dual position as workers and overseers.
Referring to Ferguson, Missouri.
".... It ought to be obvious that Black lives matter, that Black people matter, and by implication, that their murder, especially at the hands of the state, cannot go unanswered. And yet it is not obvious. In the context of the legal system, the recent evidence suggests that it is not even true. The slogan represents, then, not simply a fact, but more importantly a challenge. If we believe it, we must make it real."
Saw this at Politics & Prose, Washington, DC. Looks like a really interesting read (coming off JUST MERCY by Bryan Stevenson & THE CONDEMNATION OF BLACKNESS by Khalil Gibran Muhammad.) Anyone read this/have comments?
